Short stories from the “cursed mother of magical realism” (El Mundo), now in English for the first time
A woman flits between two realities centuries apart, as scenes from the violent conquest of Mexico bleed their way into her comfortable contemporary life. Two little girls visit the home of a sorcerer who tortures women named after the days of the week. Girls become dogs, a laborer hides human bones in bricks he’ll use to build a new development, and an old woman appears at an acquaintance’s door one night with a knife and a bone-chilling confession.
With The Week of Colors, Elena Garro laid the groundwork for the literary movements that would shape the landscape of Latin American fiction and beyond. Here you’ll find the early roots of magical realism, feminist horror, and anticolonial speculative fiction. In The Week of Colors, Garro highlights the violence in our history, our homes, and our hearts, in vivid color.
Author: Elena Garro
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: 11/11/2025
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781949641899
Language: English
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